New Farmers
Starting a Farm
- Beginning Farming Academy, UCCE Placer/Nevada County webpage.
- Developing a Farm Map, ANR Publication #8062
- Farm Management, UC Small Farms webpage
- Farm Start-UP, ATTRA website
- Marketing & Business Guide, ATTRA website
- Tax Guide: For owners and operators of small and medium sized farms.
- What's in a Name?
Soil & Water Management
Organic Farming
- CCOF Certified Organic website
- Organic Certification, Farm Planning, Management & Marketing, ANR Publication #7247
- Organic Farming, ATTRA website
Soil and Water Management
Farmers Market
University of California Web Resources
- Available Cost and Return Studies, A developed cost and return studies for many crops in California.
- Farming in the Foothills, UCCE Placer/Nevada Counties
- UC Small Farms website, Resources and information for small farms.
Small Farm Resources
California: Farm Service Agency (FSA) website
California: Farm Service Agency (FSA) Service Center Locator webpage
UC Agriculture Labor Management - Labor management information for farmers.
USDA - Web Soil Survey - Soil data and information produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey
Agriculture Departments
Crop Reports, ordinance, grading, Certified Organic Farmer Information, and more.
Amador County Agriculture Department
Calaveras County Agriculture Department
Farming in the Foothills - Blog
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Public Safety Power Shutoffs - Impacts to Irrigation
Please complete this short survey regarding irrigation water shutoffs due to the October Public Safety Power Shutoffs: http://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=28715
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Public Safety Power Shutoffs - How is YOUR Farm Coping?
Over the weekend, much of the Sierra foothills was impacted by another PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff (or PSPS, as the company calls it). This time, the advertised windstorm actually materialized - and while shutting off the electrical grid...
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Observations on Mandarin Mulching Research
Two years ago, UCCE Placer/Nevada embarked on a study to evaluate pruning and mulching in five local mandarin orchards. In a blog posted in June 2017, I discussed the beginnings of the study, the specific treatments and what the study was hoping to...